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					Originally Posted by A. G. Maisey
					
				 Yes, the keris is old, and very probably the scabbard, but I'd guess the sunggingan work as 1970's. | 
	
 If you examine closely is it watercolour and ink covered by a spray varnish? This method of sungging began to become common in the 1980s.